Obituaries

Jan 25, 2020

A celebration of life for Timothy Andrew Carr will be held on Saturday, Feb. 1m, at 1 p.m. at Weston County Senior Services center. Officiating will be Pastor Mick Bohn and Pastor Norm Brotzman. A dinner and fellowship will follow at the Masonic Lodge. Timothy Andrew Carr, son, husband, father, and friend to many, went to meet our Lord...

Jan 23, 2020

Graveside service for Mary Bishop will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 30, 2020 at Greenwood Cemetery, Newcastle, WY; with Burt Sutherland officiating. Celebration of life to follow at 3:00 p.m., at Kitty Mote School, Osage, WY.  Mary passed in her sleep on the morning of January 23, 2020. Mary May Bishop was born December 30, 1930 in...

Jan 18, 2020

Funeral service for Wilma Japp will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 23, 2020 at Meridian Mortuary; interment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Wilma Laurene (Trail) was born October 8, 1923 in Thornton, Wyoming to Charles Clinton Trail and Dotte Belle (Gordon) Trail. She passed away on January 18. 2020 with her family by her side at home....

Dec 29, 2019

Services for Dwight D. Elliott of Newcastle will be held January 6, 2020 at 2 p.m. at the Weston County Senior Center in Newcastle, WY. Dwight Elliott of Newcastle, WY passed away December 29, 2019 after a prolonged battle with cancer. Dwight Dean Elliott was born July 17, 1936 to Theodore Roosevelt Elliott and Virgie Myrtle Adkins Elliott. He...

Nov 30, 2019

Memorial service for Sandra Berge will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 6, 2019 at Christ The King Lutheran Church with Pastor Fred Grundmann officiating. Sandra Lee Berge age 78, of Newcastle, WY passed away November 30, 2019 at Weston County Health Services. Sandra was born on January 20, 1941 to Harry Ernest and Elsie Lorraine (Hansen) Nodler...

Nov 1, 2019

Betty Anna Rumney passed away November 1, 2019 after a long battle with Parkinson’s and Dementia. She passed away very peacefully surrounded by her daughters and loved ones. Betty was born May 29, 1937 to Earl Allen Slagle and Harriet Ann Baker Slagle. She went to school in Lance Creek, Wyoming and graduated High School from Lusk, Wyoming. She...

Oct 28, 2019

Memorial service for Charles Hagerman Jr. will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 9, 2019 at First United Methodist Church in Upton, WY. Visitation will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday, November 4, 2019 at Meridian Mortuary, Newcastle, WY.  Charles M. Hagerman Jr. passed away Monday, October 28, 2019 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Charles...

Oct 20, 2019

Memorial service for Edgar Cook will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 25, 2019 at VFW, Newcastle, WY. Edgar L. Cook, son of Fred Miller Cook and Chloa Luella (Draper) Cook, was born on August 28, 1935 in Rural Weston County, Wyoming. He passed away on October 20, 2019 of natural causes. He attended school in Newcastle, WY....

Oct 19, 2019

Jainnean (Jimmie) Nelson, 90 of Upton, died surrounded by family on October 19, 2019 at Weston County Health Services in Newcastle, Wyoming.

Jimmie was born in the home of her maternal great grandmother, Elizabeth Darrah on a farm out of Warrensburg, Missouri.  Her parents were James R. Butcher and Myrtle (Darrah) Butcher.  When she was five months...

Oct 19, 2019

Jerry Stuart Shepperson (age 73) passed away peacefully at his home on October 20, 2019. He is preceded in death by his parents, Al and Jessie (Mellor) Shepperson and numerous aunts and uncles. He is survived by his wife, Anita. They lived together on their ranch outside of Upton.

He is lovingly remembered and will be forever...

Oct 12, 2019

Barry Dennis Bergantz was born on November 26, 1942 to Russel and Alleyn (Crowley) Bergantz in San Francisco, CA. He went to St. John’s Catholic School and St. Ignatious. As a young man Barry loved to go flying with his father. He even learned to fly before he could drive. Barry enjoyed working with his hands as a handy...

Sep 26, 2019

Memorial service for Irvadean Fall will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 30, 2019 at Meridian Mortuary, Newcastle, WY; Pastor Bill Haley officiating; inurnment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery, Newcastle, WY.  Irvadean Fall age 87, of Newcastle, WY died Thursday, September 26, 2019 at Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD. Irvadean Alberta (Green) Fall was born on...

Sep 26, 2019

Adelaida (Eda) Gose, 90, died peacefully in her sleep on September 26, 2019 at the Weston County Health Services.

Eda was born to Julius and Martha Frederiksen at home on the ranch near Horton, WY on October 11, 1928, the first of six children. She graduated from Newcastle High School in 1945 and attended Black Hills Teacher...

Sep 22, 2019

Funeral service for Mary Margaret Decker will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, September 27, 2019 at First United Methodist Church, Newcastle, WY with Pastor Brenda Torrie officiating; interment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery.

Mary Margaret Decker passed away September 22, 2019 in Cheyenne, Wyoming at Aspen Wind Assisted Living.  Mary Margaret Williams was born on August...

Sep 17, 2019

Graveside service for Alta Cunningham will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 20, 2019 at Greenwood Cemetery, Newcastle, WY. Alta Myrl Cunningham was born on May 6, 1926 in Custer, South Dakota to Merle and Alta Barnes. She was the oldest and only girl with four brothers, and they grew up in the Black Hills area. Her father,...

Sep 9, 2019

Marian (McGlaughlin) Stickel age 88, passed away September 9, 2019. Graveside services were held Friday, September 13, 2019 at Greenwood Cemetery with Ron Sample officiating. Preceded in death by her husband, John H. Stickel; mother, Harriett Roll; father, Wilbur C. McGlaughlin; daughter-in-law, Linda L. Stickel; brother, Carl McGlaughlin; and grandson, Russell Adam Poppleton.

Marian loved hunting, fishing,...

Sep 4, 2019

Graveside services for Edward Hawki will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 9, 2019 at Greenwood Cemetery in Upton, WY; with luncheon to follow at the Kitty Moat Complex in Osage, WY. Visitation will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, September 8, 2109 at Meridian Mortuary in Newcastle, WY.

Edward Hawki age 89,...

Aug 15, 2019

Sharon Materi-Huber age 70, of Newcastle, WY passed away Thursday, August 15, 2019 at Regional Hospice House in Rapid City, SD. Sharon Adean was born October 5, 1948 to John (Ed) and Delcie Materi in Hot Springs, SD. She grew up in Upton, Wyoming with many special cousins, and made her home in Newcastle. She had two children, Benjamin...

Aug 9, 2019

Funeral services for Richard Haglund will be at 2:00 PM Saturday, August 17, 2019 at the Meridian Mortuary 111 South Railroad Ave, Newcastle, WY; interment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Refreshments will be served afterwards at the Cambria Community Baptist Church in Newcastle, WY. Visitation will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, August 16, 2019 at Meridian...

Aug 6, 2019

Memorial service for Aldon Hoxie will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 15, 2019 at United Methodist Church in Upton, WY. Aldon Hoxie passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2019 at Weston County Health Services. Aldon Lloyd Hoxie was born on January 12, 1948 in Leadville, CO to Dorothy (Sims) and John Hoxie. He graduated from Upton High School in...